Belt pin or buckle.



L. HAUSER.

BELT PIN OR BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Apr i11 7,1908. Serial No. 427,642.

Patented may 24, 191a.

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, Lnorono HAUsnR, a citizen of the'United States, and a resldent of the borough of Manhattan of the cltfi of New York, in the county and State of ew Yorlqhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt P1ns or Buckles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanymg drawings, forming a part hereof.

The invention has for its ob ect the provision of an ornamental initial plate which may be embodied in a belt pin or buckle and in many other devices, and in which rovision is made for the insertion and adustment of initial letters whereby it 1 s possible to provide in any plate any particular set of initials desired.

The improved device has been constructed with particular reference to making it easy and convenient to insert and adjust the letters within the plate, and to retainlng the letters securely therein after the parts of the device have been assembled. The invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawin s in which,

igure 1 is a plan view of a buckle embodying the invention, Fig. 2 is a snmlar view with the front portion of the frame removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, the plane of section being indicated by the line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the letters employed therein, and, Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the two parts of the frame hinged together.

As illustrated, the improved buckle has a frame portion consisting preferably of two parts a and b in which the letters-or plates 0 are arranged and secured. The part a is provided on one or more of its bars with means for positioning the letters, such as teeth 03, and the part Z), which may be united tral opening into which the teeth d project.

to the part a in any suitable manner, constitutes the means for retaining the letters in position and in the present case forms the ornamental front piece of 'the'buckle. The teeth (1 are preferably formed integral with the part a, the latter being stamped out of a suitable piece of metal so as to have a cen- The teeth a? are then subsequently bent out of the plane of this back frame a and preferably at substantially right angles therewith (Fig. 3) so that when the front part will be easily understood, small cli of the frame b is in position, the upper ends of the teeth rest flatly against it and form with it well defined slots in which the letters a are retained through their projecting ends e. These projecting ends e are preferably T-shaped so that when the letters are in position within the frame, their T-shaped =ends will rest flatly between the arts a and b and will prevent the letters rom twistin The general shape of the varied at pleasure, but it is preferably curved as shownin Fig. 3 so as to conform more accurately tothe body of the wearer. With such a shape, the back frame a may .be secured to the front frame 6 by spring into the front frame, as s f or similar fastening pieces being provided at the ends of the frame 6 to maintain the two parts of the frame in enga ement. -As shown in Fig. 5 a hinge may provided between the two parts of the frame at one end. Moreover, the back piece a, may be provided as usual with a suitable belt attachment m and a fastening hook at as illustrated.

The improved buckle enables the initial letters to e assembled conveniently and expeditiously, for with the part b removed the letters are first inserted in the desired positions between the teeth (1 upon the back piece a and then the front piece 6 is snapped down upon them holding them in osltion. The insertion of the letters is ma e while the T front end of the back piece is facing the person who is inserting the letters so that as the letters are inserted theyread in their proper order instead of in the reverse order as would be the case if the letters had to be inserted upon the rear side of the front piece I). This is very important because 1t enables the person inserting the letters to tell how they are going to appear and-therefore to tell whether he has them correctly inserted or not without having to turn the buckle over to see them in their right order. Moreover, the teeth which are ing the back frame bent out of the plane of the back piece and meet the front piece together withthe T- shaped extensions upon-the to and bottom of the letters, olfer a very satis actory means of maintaining the letters in their correct positions within the frame.

It is obvious that various departures, with in the scope of the appended claim, may be made from the construction shown and described herein without avoiding the ,s irit of the invention. For instance, the be t or buckle embodying the invention may be made in any size or in any shape and it may be ada ted to contain one letter or two or more initials or a suflicient number of letters to constitute a full name.

I claim as my invention:

The combination of a frame havinfi teeth bent at right angles thereto, letters aving extensions at top and bottom to fit between the teeth, and means bearing upon the extensions as they lie between the teeth and the frame to retain the letters in position.

This specification signed and witnessed this 13th day of April, A. D. 1908.

LEOPOLD HAUSER.

Signed in the resence of- LUoIUs E. ARNAEY, HOMER H. SNOW. 

